WAAC Recruitment Brochure

WOMEN’S

ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS

WOMEN’S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS

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a]ii)licatit for admission to the Wonicn's Army Auxiliary
Corps, and in niy opinion fshc is in good mental and
physical health ; +she has no mental or physical defects
except

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Information for Applicants for
OFFICERS' TRAINING SCHOOL
WOMEN’S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS

1. fFhat Is the JFomcn's Army Auxiliary Corps?

It is a corps of women in military uniform ami under

military discipline, organized for noncoinbatant service
with tlie Army. It is tlie only women’s organization,
exclusive of tlie Army Nurse Corps, authorized to serve
with the Army.

2. IIoiv Is It Set Up?

Organization will he along military lines. There will
be a Director and several Assistant Directors. There will
he officers, and there will he auxiliaries fwho arc the
cc|uivalcnt of the "enlisted men" in the corps) who will
he organized into coinjiany units. The organization of the
corps will proceed slowly and rarcfully. It will huild a
solitl foumlatiou for a future cx|>ansion,

3. Ilou- ir'ill the First Officers Be Selected?

From among graduates of Officers' Training Schools,

A candidate for Ofl'icers' Training School must;

(a) He a woman citizen of the United States.

'Ill lie lietwecn her 2lst and dSth birthdays-

(c) Have an excellent character.

(d) Furnish proof of graduation from high school
or its cilucational c<|uivalcnt.

(e) Pass an intelligence test. The standard will be
comparable to tliat rciiuired for an officer of the
Army of the United States.

(f) Submit satisfactory proof of birth date and
citizenship.

(g) yuaiify according to tlie height and weight chart
listed on page three.

(h) Be phy.sically lit. h'ill out and liave signed by a
licensed physician the health form attached to the
cover of this information folder. Candiiiates will
be cxaniined llnally by Army doctors.

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Physical and mental f|ua1ifications: Applicants for the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps arc not acceptable who
have major defects of vision; other than slight defects of
hcarinK; chronic discharge from the car or cars; ab-
normal conditions of the thyroid or other tlnctless glands'
organic disease of the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, or
genitourinary systems; tuberculosis; syphilis or other
infectious disease; allergic conditions; c;>ilcpsy; mental
or nervous disease; and disabling defeets of the extremi-
ties, In general, an applicant must he in good health;
able to see well ami have goo<l hearing; her heart must
be competent to stand the stress of physical exertion;
she must be intelligent enough to understand and execute
orders and protect herself; and she must be able to trans-
port herself hy marching as the exigencies of the military
service may dcinar.d.

Decision as to acceptance with respect to physical
(liialifications will be detorminesl following final examina-
tion made by Army examiners.

iroiiU'n Can Servo Their Country
As ICell As Men

For every woman actively engaged in work to
promote the War effort, a man can he added to
the Nation's combatant forces.

Women ran apph' their intelligence, their dex-
terity, their patriotism to many specialties, occu-
pations and professions within the limits of their
physical capabilities. Among sonic of the many
ixisitions with the .Armed Forcc.s that women can
fill as well as men arc the following:

Clerks

Machine Opcr.*itors

Cooka

Bakcrik

St«WArd9SMS

Dietkians

Hyi^ienists

Pharmacists

Telephone Operators

Tsfsgraph Operators
Hostesses
Librarian a

Post Eaehanse Assistants

Laundr)* Workers

Accountants

Statisticians

Bookkeepers

and many others.

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The foIIowinR table is the average weight for age and
height for applicants for admission to the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps :

Height, Weight According to Ago Period

inches

21-25

26-.10

31-35

36-40

41-45

60

... 114

117

120

123

126

61

... 117

120

123

126

129

62

... 120

123

126

129

132

6.1

... 12.1

126

129

132

1.35

64

... 127

1.10

133

136

139

65

... 131

1.14

137

140

143

66

... 135

1.18

141

144

147

67

... 139

142

145

148

151

68

, , , 14.1

146

149

152

155

69

... 147

150

153

1.S6

159

70

... 151

154

157

160

163

71

... 155

158

161

164

167

72

... 159

162

165

168

171

NUTE : Height and weight to he taken without shoes and
with surgical gown or sheet in lieu of dress.
Minimum standard for height is S feet, maxi-
mum 6 feet; minimum of weight is 105 pounds.

The permissible variation below tlic standard for age
is IS |x)unds, with the exception that no applicant will
l>e accepted whose weight is less than 105 pounds. In the
intei’cst of physical efficiency, the weight should not be
more than 162/3 percent above the average. In applying
the [icrcentage variation, fractions of less than '/i pound
will be dropped ; those of 'A pound or more will be
counted as an additional pound.

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The Recruiting and Selection Boards will take into
consideration the applicant's :

(a) I.eadership.

(b) Moral character,

(c) Personality.

(d) Appcaiancc.

Cc) Tact.

(f) Bearing.

(g) Past experience.

(h) General adaptability.

4 . Ilow Will llir- Officers Be Trained?

The initial course at the Officers’ Training School
will Ik for six weeks. Candidates will be trained mainly
in leadership, administration, and military procedure. It
is filanned to accept 270 women, carefully selected from
all parts of the country, as students in the first class.

The canflidatcs who most successfully complete this
course will he appointed officers. Tiie others will re-
main in the service as auxiliaries.

This first group of officers will he immediately put
in charge of the training of the first unit of auxiliaries
then to be enrolled.

5 . tlou^ Long Is the Enrollment?

Tile term of service is for one year, but it may be
extended by the Secretary of War for tlie duration of
the war and for not more than six months thereafter.

The Secretary of War may discharge any member
for "cause, disability, or for the convenience of the
Government."

Members upon application may be given an honorable
discharge in case of ])ersonal reasons of an emergency
nature and each case will be decided on its individual
merit.

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6. IVill I Wear A Uniform?

Kvery member of the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps will wear the appropriate uniforms, insignia, and
accessories supplied by the Government.

7. Ilow Much Furlough Time Do I Get?

A member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps is
entitled to 30 days leave, or furlough, a year.

8. What Will I Be Paid?

While in Officers' Training School, an auxiliary is
pai<i $50,00 per month. After the course is completed,
if you arc one of the successful candidates, you will he
appointed an officer in one of the following grades and
paid according to the following scale:

First Officer , $166.67 per month

Second Officer 131.25 per month

Third Officer 125.00 per month

plus quarters anil a subsistence allowance of $0.60 ])cr day.

]f cjuai ters are not furnished, an allowance of $J0.00 per
month in lieu thereof will be paid.

If you remain an auxiliary, you will be paid as follows,
according to your grade;

First Leader $72.00 per month

Leader 60.00 i)cr month

Junior Leader 54.00 per month

Auxiliary 21.00 per month

for the first four months and $30,00 i>cr month thereafter.

Addilional Pay as Specialist :
1st Class Specialist . . .
2nd Class Specialist . . .
3rd Class Specialist . . .

$15.00 per month
10.00 per month
5.00 per month

9. {Fhal Other Benvftts Are There?

Comfortable and congenial living quarters, esiiecially
jilanncd for women, will be provided, and all meals will
be provided or an allowance paid in lieu thereof.

Medical and dental services, hospitalization, niedicincs.
and other appropriate health services are provided at
Governinent expense for all ineinhcrs.

Members are entitled to all the benefits to whioli
civilian employees arc cntiticil umler the United Stales
Kniployees Compens.ation Act. Members will also receive
all the benefits provided by the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Civil Relief Act of 19'10.

10. Can Civil Service Employees Retain Their
Stalus?

Knrolbncnt in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
does noi cancel a Civil Service .status held at time of
enrollment. If you leave a United States Civil Service
position tor membership in the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps, yon can, at the expiration of your cnrolbncnt,
return to your former position or one of similar grade,
without loss of your seniority rating.

11. IT'here Can I Join?

Go to the nearest United States Army Recruiting
Station. There your (|ucstions will be answered and
application blanks piovided. They will tell you where to
file completed application form.

Sirtm recruiting is on a regional basis, no
a/ipliriilioiis sent direct to IVashington can be
given consideration.

Applicants ivho have already sent appli-
cations to the IT'ar Department are advise.d
to resubmit them to the nearest Army Recruit-
ing Station.

12. mixTi- JViU I Serve?

Units of the corps may be assigned duties wherever
units of the Army may 1>c stationed at home or abroad.
Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps are
enrolled for noncumbaCant duties,

13. What Are the Duties of An Officer?

An officer will be responsible for the administration,
training, and leadership of the unit or units which she
com mauds.

This means that an officer has not only the military
obligation of training and teaching the auxiliaries to be
a disciplinetl corps of women, but also the more personal
responsibility of seeing that the auxiliaries arc efficient,
happy, and healthy women, ft is a serious obligation; it
is a solemn responsibility.

The degree of success that the Women’s Army
.\uxiliary Corps achieves will be determined, in no small
measure, by the amount of sense anti sacrifice the officers
put into their work,

]4. Are \lnrrietl Women Eligible?

Yes.

Women May !\ow Serve With the. ]
V. S. Army in the I

WOMEN’S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS

This new Corps, composed entirely of women,
affords for the first time the opportunity for
women to serve with the Armed Forces in capaci-
ties other than as nurses.

Apply note for serviee teith the WAAC! i

This is a woman’s war ns well as a
marls war. Every woman must
do her part. One tvay to do
your part is to join the

WOMF-N’S

ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS

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